Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-02
Phillips had gone down, two thirds of
which would be total loss. On

which would be a total loss. On
The Sebastieook
the water was flowing against the Highway
bridge with much strength. A Jam of logs
had formed against it, and the taxpayers were
alarmed for the safety of the bridge and en-
deavoring to dispose of the aceumulations
The floor of the bridge was under water. and
the water had reached the cords of the iron
railroad bridge below. Over the Waterville
dam there was thirteen feet of water From
FAIRFIELD came the report that the Somerset
mills were in danger and the owners we're
quite uneasy. The water
Rose but Slowly
during Saturday. From I A. NJ. to lP.M
there was but FIVE inch rise noted at the
dam. From 10 A. NJ. to P NJ. there was
one inch. At the latter hour there was eleven
feet nine inches flowing over the dam.
Back of the stores from the Journal Office
70 bridge street, the water was many feet deep
and boats we're employed A strong current
set north from Aliens block, flowing over
the back street. The captain of the vessel at
Stones wharf was 80 worried about noon
that he got more lines out and the f rot after.
noon accommodation brought up two bale.
of new rope for his use He believed if his
craft once broke loose there was no hope for
her, and the crew went 50 far as to transfer a
portion OF their baggage to one of the stores.
The Trains.
The raging waters interfered greatly With
the running of trains. At Lows farm,
three miles above Getchelrs Corner, there
were some twenty rods of the Maine Central
track flowed three feet deep at that place,
and the ties and rails were lifted up bodily
and foated. Of course no trains could pass
SATURDAYS forenoon train went over the back
route, and Jewett's went up as far as Getch-
ellis Corner and there halted, remaining until
the time arrived for its afternoon trip, when it
returned. Among the passengers aboard
of 1t were Judge Baker, Mrs. R w. Soule,
DR.. Roberts. They stopped at Vassalboro,
expecting to 60 up on the O'Clock train so
as to attend the conference, but as that train
was cancelled above Augusta we have not
learned what eventually became of the party.
A passenger on Jewett's who went up and re-
turned said he never saw the river so high,
the water IN many places washing up around
the rosdbed The water was flowing over
the floor of the little red mill on Seven Mile
Brook.
The difficulty at Vassalboro obliged the
Saturday night Pullman train to take the
back route but yesterday forenoon, the wat
ers having fallen off, urecking crew which
went up Saturday,
REPAIRED the Track.
A train consisting of an engine and car
came down from Waterville arriving here at
III 30 and bringing the Globes and Herads,
which had been taken over the back route
Saturday Moons freight which had been
stopped at Riverside went on and passen.
ger train was made up at p. NJ and started
Tor Bangor taking the passengers who had
been obliged to remain here one night. Lost
nights Pullman trains ran as usual
At 2 o'clock p. M Saturday the water had
reached its
Highest Pitch
and slowly but surely began to fall away af-
forwards. The snow at the fountainheads
had evidently about been exhausted and but
few sprinkles of rain fell during the day.
The river must be fed if the high water was
to be maintained At the above hour the
water was within two feet of the basement
fl ,ors on Water street and lacked four cours-
of shingles of reaching the "l2 40 2. NJ" on
the roof of the steamboat shed There was
nearly twelve feet of water on the dam. Sat-
urday night the long looked for change came
in the weather. The wind blew up brisk and
cold from the northwest and Yesterday morn
ing there was clear sky and brilliant sun
shine Many owners of stores and property
along the river remained up all night and
watched so as to be prepared for any emer
gercy But their vigilance was unnecessary.
At o'clock A. NJ. the water had fallen away
two feet and half
Logs Flowed by the City
all day Saturday and during the night. SO
many had entered Sturgs, Lambard & Co.'S
boom on the east side the pressure be-
came so great that the boom burat and let the
logs GO down. The same company lost a
portion of their boom above the dam. Their
loss on logs was small, however. IL was es-
timated that two million feet went by the
city. Ten thousand feet of logs went out of
Brown Island boom and they will be about
total loss. All the lumbermen on the river
met with more or less severe losses on logs.
But few sticks in Dead River and the streams,
however, have gone out, as they stranded
upon the shores. An Augusta lumberman
believes thousands of logs have been left on
the so called Norridgew ock farms by the
water.
The Total Damage
by the food on the Kennebec is estimated at
375, 0O0, including the many logs lost and lum-
Der foated of The removal of the logs
from the lodging places where they have been
carried BY the flood will be accompanied by
large additional cost. Business in factor
les and mills has been necessarily suspended
for several days. Many bridges and booms
were injured or carried away while sundry
goods and property stored within reach of
the water have been damaged.
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